386 Degree Programs in Maine USA

For centuries, and still today, the Middle East and North Africa have been the site of major civilizations that have attracted attention from afar. Bowdoin College’s program in Middle Eastern and North African studies oversees students’ interdisciplinary study of this region. Students minoring in Middle Eastern and North African studies take courses in a Middle Eastern language and in relevant courses in at least two other disciplines.

The Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLaS) Program explores the history, aesthetic production, and contemporary relationships of the diverse cultural groups of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Latinx population in the United States. Its multidisciplinary approach is designed to integrate the scholarly methods and perspectives of several disciplines in order to foster increased understanding of Latin America’s social differences and economic realities, cultural diversity, transnational connections, historical trajectories, and range of popular culture and artistic and literary expression.

Colby’s Government Department is known as one of the best at any liberal arts college in the country. Work with professors who are active in real-world political affairs—as consultants to governmental institutions—and whose insights appear regularly in national and international media outlets. Take courses on political theory, comparative politics (of Europe, the Middle East, East Asia, Africa, and Latin America), international relations, and American politics. You’ll think critically and work hard, and you’ll be exposed to a variety of perspectives on political and public-policy issues.

Our accredited Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program is organized in a 2+4-year format. This means you can earn a BS in Health Sciences and a PharmD in just six years, saving time and money. In your first two years in Health Sciences, you’ll build a foundation with emphasis on biology, chemistry and math. In the professional phase, you’ll take a wide variety of pharmaceutical, socio-behavioral and clinical practice courses during the first three years. Your final professional year is dedicated to advanced clinical practice rotations. At the successful completion of the professional phase, you’ll graduate with your bachelor and doctoral degrees, and you’ll be eligible to sit for the North American Pharmacy Licensure Exam (NAPLEX).

Gain broad exposure to general business activities and practices and an in-depth understanding of fundamental accounting procedures and supporting computerized applications. Students who complete the program will have a knowledge and academic base equivalent to the first two years of many four-year degree accounting programs.

With the Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) in Esports Management, focus on esports' business aspect while learning to develop teams and online communities. Learn how to market and promote events utilizing digital technology.

The Master of Business Administration Program reflects Husson's belief that a good education is more than a matter of theory and books. Our graduate program is designed to develop and strengthen your skills in analysis, decision making, and leadership.

Professors Bruce (Religious Studies), Chapman (Music), and Rice-DeFosse (French and Francophone Studies); Associate Professor Beasley (American Studies, chair); Assistant Professors Evans (Dance), Garrison (Politics), and Shrout (Digital and Computational Studies); Visiting Lecturer Petrella (American Studies)

Biology is the study of living systems and how they interact with the nonliving world and with one another. It is a discipline that bridges the physical and social sciences. Students who major in biology become familiar with all levels of biological organization from molecules to ecosystems, and gain practical experience in both laboratory and field studies.

Contemporary central and eastern Europe consists of heterogeneous societies with contested cultural traditions. Offerings in the Department of German and Russian Studies investigate important interconnections among history, society, culture, and language in the region. The curricula in German and Russian explore societies challenged and invigorated by change and stress the importance of attaining fluency not only in the language but also in the nuances of cultural understanding.

The charge of a liberal arts education includes opportunities for intellectual, physical, and spiritual development; the offerings of the Department of Physical Education and Bates Athletics encourage well-being, cultivate leadership, and provide opportunities for skill development and community building. The department oversees varsity programs, club sports, intramurals, and other recreational programs.

Physics, the study of space, time, matter, and energy, is a fundamental component of a liberal arts education. Introductory courses in physics and astronomy are designed to give students a broad background in the fundamentals of the discipline, an introduction to the logic and philosophy of science, and insight into the understanding and applications of contemporary physics and astrophysics. Advanced courses provide greater depth and sophistication as the student's background in physics and mathematics develops.

Politics is the study of the processes that define, produce, and distribute power, authority, and values. Political studies inherently subvert the naturalness and inevitability of what is, by looking historically and cross-culturally at what has been in other times or places, and what might be. Politics is a heterogeneous scholarly field that utilizes a range of research methods and a variety of diverse forms of evidence, both qualitative and quantitative. The discipline analyzes political processes at individual, local, national, and international levels. Students consider topics such as states, political institutions, social movements, political ideologies, identities, cooperation, conflict, war, and diplomacy.

Flexible, critical, undisciplined. We examine U.S. culture and history in a global context to understand how power works, so that we might make the world more just. Students in American Studies learn how to think differently, combining methods from a range of academic disciplines to examine how issues of race, class, gender, sexuality, and nation shape culture—as well as how culture shapes the lives we live.

Students in the Biology Department gain exposure to the breadth of biological sciences and become skilled in the methods of scientific inquiry. The curriculum emphasizes the study of plants, animals, and microorganisms from the molecular to the ecosystem level. Research is integral to our teaching and learning. Biology majors work closely with professors to generate hypotheses and conduct self-designed experiments in teaching and research facilities that include a cell culture laboratory, an advanced microscopy suite, and a DNA sequencing facility.